Fred J. Murphy
Fred J. Murphy | |
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Murphy in 1914 | |
Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
Biographical details | |
Born |
[1] Southville, Massachusetts | February 4, 1886
Died |
December 19, 1956 70)[2] Miami, Florida | (aged
Playing career | |
Football 1907–1909 |
Yale |
Position(s) | Tackle |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football 1914–1918 1920–1922 1924–1926 Basketball 1912–1913 1914–1917 Baseball 1914–1916 1925–1926 |
Northwestern Denver Kentucky Manhattan Northwestern Northwestern Kentucky |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1913–1918 | Northwestern |
Head coaching record | |
Overall |
40–37–4 (football) 36–45 (basketball) 20–31–2 (baseball) |
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse |
Frederick James Murphy (February 4, 1886 – December 19, 1956) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. Murphy served as the head football coach at Northwestern University (1914–1918), University of Denver (1920–1922), and University of Kentucky (1924–1926), compiling a career football coaching record of 40–37–4. He was also the head basketball coach at Manhattan College (1912–1913) and at Northwestern (1914–1917), and the head baseball coach at Northwestern (1914–1916) and Kentucky (1925–1926). In addition, Murphy served as Northwestern's athletic director from 1913 to 1918.
Coaching career
Northwestern
Murphy was the 12th head coach at Northwestern University and he held that position for five seasons, from 1914 until 1918. His coaching record at Northwestern was 16–16–1. This ranks him 11th at Northwestern in total wins and tenth at Northwestern in winning percentage.[3]
University of Denver
Murphy returned to coaching in the 1920 season to coach at the University of Denver, a coaching position he held for three seasons until 1922. At Denver, he compiled a record of 12–7–2.[4] His best season at Denver was 1922, when the team's record was 6–1–1,[5] second only to his 6–1 season at Northwestern in 1916.[6]
Kentucky
Murphy's next move was to become the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1924 to 1926. There he compiled a record of 12–14–1.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Northwestern Purple (Big Ten Conference) (1914–1918) | |||||||||
1914 | Northwestern | 1–6 | 0–6 | 9th | |||||
1915 | Northwestern | 2–5 | 0–5 | 9th | |||||
1916 | Northwestern | 6–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
1917 | Northwestern | 5–2 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
1918 | Northwestern | 2–2–1 | 1–1 | 6th | |||||
Northwestern: | 16–16–1 | 8–15 | |||||||
Denver Pioneers (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1920–1922) | |||||||||
1920 | Denver | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
1921 | Denver | 4–2–1 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
1922 | Denver | 6–1–1 | 3–1–1 | 3rd | |||||
Denver: | 12–7–2 | 7–6–2 | |||||||
Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1924–1926) | |||||||||
1924 | Kentucky | 4–5 | 2–3 | T–14th | |||||
1925 | Kentucky | 6–3 | 4–2 | 7th | |||||
1926 | Kentucky | 2–6–1 | 1–4–1 | T–19th | |||||
Kentucky: | 12–14–1 | 7–9–1 | |||||||
Total: | 40–37–4 |
References
External links
- Fred J. Murphy at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Fred J. Murphy at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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